Membership Benefits

The American College Counseling Association is the premier professional organization for counseling professionals working in higher education.  The ACCA is dedicated to its members and providing exceptional member benefits has always been the cornerstone of the ACCA’s mission.  Benefits include the following:

• Subscription to the highly acclaimed and respected Journal of College Counseling.  The JCCcontains practical and theory-based information and research to benefit the college counselor, educator, and practitioner.  The editor of the Journal of College Counseling is Dr. Joshua Watson (jwatson@meridian.msstate.edu).
• 24/7 connections and conversations with college counseling professionals across the globe through the ACCA Twitter account, Facebook page, an active listserv, and regular, electronic updates from the ACCA Executive Council.
• Continuing education opportunities through ACCA sponsored webinars and drive-in workshops (including ACCA’s exclusive “Orientation to College Counseling” and “Advanced Topics in College Counseling” series) as well as our annual conferences.
• Access to ACCA advocacy materials; publications and resources designed to help you interpret the world of the college counselor and the college counseling profession to your students, your college and university officials, and to the public at large.
• Opportunities to develop leadership skills while helping to advocate for and shape the college counseling profession by joining one of ACCA’s active committees.
• Grant opportunities to support college mental-health research.  Emerging Leader Grants (in the form of ACCA or ACA Conference registration awards) are also available to masters’ and doctoral level graduate students.
• Access to national college counseling statistics through the ACCA sponsored College Counseling Survey, the Community College Survey, and the Center for Collegiate Mental Health Annual Report.
• National recognition through professional awards for meritorious service and other significant contributions to the field of college counseling.

If you are a counseling professional working in a higher education setting and you are seeking a professional organization that strives to support, strengthen and enhance your work as a college counseling professional, please consider joining the 1,400+ members of the American College Counseling Association.  

Unified Membership

If you would like to start or renew your unified membership with ACA and ACCA, you will need to do that through the American Counseling Association.  A hard copy membership application form is available for download below, or you can visit the ACA membership website.

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Upcoming Events

Developing College Counseling Leaders Monthly Workshop
Virtual Series for Members Only - Click on the date below to register:
September 16, 2021 - 1PM EST
October 14, 2021 - 1PM EST
November 11, 2021 - 1PM EST

2022 ACCA Conference
Las Vegas, NV
February 17-20, 2022

Announcements

ACCA is currently accepting nominations for the Executive Council, find the available positions here.

Click here to access the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Resources

ACCA joins the 4th edition of Health and Well being in Higher Education: A Commitment to Student Success

Through a collaboration of the PAPA Committee and the Diversity and Inclusion Committee a new paper on the Increased Need for Counseling Services has been added to the Resources Page

The HEMHA Distance Counseling Guide has been added to the resources page.

Please note the addition of the College Counseling & Psychological Services Knowledge Base to the resources page.

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